Links for you. Science:

Trump Team’s $500 Million Bet on Old Vaccine Technology Puzzles Scientists
Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S.
Faulty tests spur questions about DNA findings in criminal cases in Texas and nationally
An Interview With A Fired Science For Development Fellow At USAID
NIH insiders: Trump is ‘dismantling and destroying everything’
‘It’s All Cronyism Going Forward’: A flu researcher the Trump administration elevated to power will now benefit from a massive funding award.

Other:

Farmers in Iowa Are Learning the Hard Way What It’s Like to Be the Victims of Trump’s Trade War
‘It’s terrifying’: ICE threats spark week of anxiety in D.C.
Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
The SCOTUS Decision to Allow Trump’s Ban on Trans Service Members Is Profoundly Inhumane
U.S. pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
I Tried a Pizza Vending Machine With An Award-Winning Italian Chef. It Was a Slice of Hell. (“I think it might be the booty call of pizzas”)
Robot Hallucinations (lmfao)
Elon Musk Set to Win Big With Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Pentagon Budget
Influencer with no medical license picked to be nation’s top doctor
The battle is here: GOP health care cuts and tax giveaways to the rich
D.C. Council has little appetite for reviving the tipped wage fight (good!)
Thanks to DOGE, Gumroad’s founder has a second job with the VA
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
Inside the Bloodbath at the NIH
There is an information void waiting to be filled by Democrats
The Libertarian Tech Bros’ Weird, Dystopian Plan for Guantánamo Bay
Kamala Harris Didn’t Lose to the Couch
The Republican Assault on Medicaid Can Be Stopped
Economists warn Trump’s research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
The deceptively simple reform that could unlock more housing
Obama and the Millennials: Hope, Change, and Disillusionment
Democrats should have elevated AOC when they had the chance
Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick Wants to “Raise the Vibration of Humanity”
Washington, DC sees spike in homes for sale amid DOGE federal worker layoffs
Conspiracy of Silence: How Trump is Covertly Strangling Billions in Disease Cure Research
Americans are already seeing Trump’s tariffs kick in. They sent in receipts to prove it
Small-time Trump coin buyers have seen their investments collapse